The National Health Service (NHS) is the collective term for the four separate publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care which was created separately and is often referred to locally as "the NHS".
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| Subject | National Health Service |
| Category | Publicly-funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
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